Exhibit PX29 — In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation (Dkt. 634-30, S.D. Cal. No. 3:21-md-02992)

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Exhibit PX 29, filed 01/09/26 as Document 634-30 in In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation, Case 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB in the Southern District of California, contains pages from the Deposition by Written Questions of the California Employment Development Department, read by Shameel Singh as its representative, taken on behalf of plaintiffs on Thursday, May 8, 2025. The EDD was represented by the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, which read the plaintiffs' direct questions and the Bank's cross-questions. The definitions describe the claim fraud filter the Bank applied to EDD cardholders' claims, which was the subject of the Yick preliminary injunction; the answers themselves are blank in this filing.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNI A 
IN RE BANK OF AMERICA 
CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS LITIGATI ON 
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DEPOSITION BY WRITTEN QUESTIONS OF 
CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 
(READ BY SHAMEEL SINGH) 
Appearing Remotely 
Thursday , May 8, 2025 
Stenographically reporte d by: 
EMILY SAMELSON, CSR No . 14043 
Job No .: 10163945 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
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IN RE BANK OF AMERICA 
CALIFORNI A UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS LITIGATI ON 
) Case No.: 
) 3 : 21-md-02992-GPC-MSB 
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Deposition By Written Questions of CALIFORNIA 
EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (READ BY SHAMEEL 
SINGH), taken on behalf of Plaintiffs, a l l parties 
appearing remot ely, commencing at 10 : 11 a.m . and ending 
at 11:24 a .m. on Thursday, May 8, 2025 , s tenographical ly 
reported before Emily Samelson, CSR No. 14043 . 
www.aptusCR.com 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
APPEARANCES : 
(All parties appearing remotely) 
For Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class: 
COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP 
BY: 
DAVID G. HOLLENBERG, ESQ. 
840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 
Burlingame, California 94010 
650.697.6000 
dhollenberg@cpmlegal . com 
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 
BY: 
MICHAEL RUBIN , ESQ . 
177 Post Street, Suite 300 
San Francisco, California 94108 
415 . 421 . 7151 
mrubin@altber . com 
For Individual Plaintiffs: 
SWIGART LAW GROUP, APC 
BY: 
JOSHUA B. SWIGART , ESQ. 
ILANA PLATKIEWICZ, ESQ. 
2221 Camino Del Rio S . , Suite 308 
San Dieg o, Cal ifornia 92108 
866 . 219.3343 
j osh@s wi gartlawgroup . com 
For California Employment Devel opment Department: 
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 
BY: 
LEANNA C. COSTANTINI , ESQ. 
300 South Spri ng Street, Suite 1702 
Los Angeles, California 90013 
213.269 . 6231 
l eanna . costantini@doj.ca.gov 
Ill 
Ill 
Ill 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
APPEARANCES (CONT ' D): 
(All parties appearing remotel y) 
For Defendant BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.: 
GOODWI N PROCTER LLP 
BY: 
LAURA BRYS, ESQ. 
BENJAMIN SHI N, ESQ. 
601 South Figueroa Street , Suite 4100 
-Los Ang~l e s , Californi a 90017 
213 . 426 . 2584 
lbrys @goodwinlaw . com 
bshin@goodwi nlaw . com 
Also Present: 
Nicholas Scheuer, EDD Representative 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
EXAMINATION INDEX 
EXAMINATION BY 
DIRECT QUESTIONS BY PLAINTIFFS 
(Read By Ms. Costantini, Esq . ) 
CROSS-QUESTIONS BY DEFENDANT BANK OF 
AMERICA, N.A. 
(Read By Ms. Costantini, Esq.) 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
Thursday, May 8, 2025; 10:11 a.m. 
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THE STENOGRAPHIC REPORTER: 
My name is Emily 
Samelson, a California Certified Short hand Reporter, 
License Number 14043. 
I am a code-compl iant reporter 
and will be producing a transcript of this proceeding 
that is automatically admissible in c ourt. 
SHAMEEL SINGH (AS REPRESENTATIVE OF 
THE CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT) , 
having first been duly sworn, was 
examined and testifi ed as follows: 
THE STENOGRAPHIC REPORTER : 
Proceed, Counsel. 
MR. HOLLENBERG: 
Okay. 
Good morning. 
This is 
David Hol lenberg from Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy on 
behalf of the plaintiffs. 
Plaintiffs move the notice of subpoena to EDD 
as Exhibit 1 to this deposition by written questions . 
(Exhibit 1 was marked for identification. ) 
MS. BRYS : 
Good morning. 
This is Laura Brys, 
counsel for Bank of America. 
Bank of America moves as Exhibit 2 BANA ' s 
objections and cross written questions into the record . 
(Exhibit 2 was marked for identification.) 
MS. COSTANTINI: 
Good morning . 
Leanna 
Costantini. 
I'm the attorney for the deponent , the 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
Cali forni a EDD . 
So I will be readi ng the definitions. 
The f i rst one is : 
11Bank 11 refers to defendant 
Bank of America, N.A. 
No . 2: 
"claim fraud filter " and "CFF" refers 
to the Bank ' s automated cl ai m fraud filter that the Bank 
applied between September 28 , 2020 , and June 8 , 2021, to 
not ice of error claims submi tted by EDD debit 
cardhol ders and that was the subj ect of the 
preli minary injunction order enter ed i n the consoli dated 
Yick V. Bank of America, N.A. action on or about June 2 , 
2021 (N .D. Cal , Case No . 3 :21-cv- 00376-VC , Dkt. 103). 
No. 3 : 
"Defendant" refers to defendant Bank of 
America, N.A. 
No. 4 : 
"EDD" means the Cali forni a Employment 
Development Depart ment. 
No. 5: 
"EDD debit card" refers to a prepaid 
debit card i ssued by defendant to an EDD debit 
cardholder for the purpose of all owing the EDD debit 
cardhol der to access , spend, or otherwise use EDD 
benefits deposited into their EDD debit card account. 
No. 6: 
"EDD debi t card account " refers to a 
bank account established by defendant for use by an EDD 
debit cardholder. 
No . 7: 
"EDD debit cardholder" refers to a 
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I, the undersigned, a Certified Shorthand 
Reporter of the State of California do hereby certify: 
That the foregoing proceedings were taken 
before me at t he time and place herein set forth; t hat 
any witnesses in the foregoing proceedings, prior to 
testifying , were duly sworn; that a verbatim record of 
the proceedings was made by me using machine shorthand 
which was thereafter transcribed under my direction; 
that the foregoing transcript is an accurate 
transcription thereof. 
Further, that if the foregoing pertains to the 
original transcript of a deposition in a federal case, 
before completion of the proceedings, revi ew of the 
transcript [X] was 
J was not requested. 
I further certi fy I am neither financially 
interested in the action nor a relative or employee of 
any attorney or any of the parties. 
my name. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have this date subscribed 
Dated : 
22nd of May, 2025 
EMILY SAMELSON, 
CSR No. 14043 
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